Last week, there was a passing reference to "jingle jangle," which is some new street drug. Tonight's episode jumped in with both feet into the jingle jangle train.
It turns out that Reggie Mantle is a small-time drug dealer at Riverdale High -- specializing in jingle jangle. It apparently keeps you up all night -- in more ways than one.
Anyway, the drug's name harkens back to the old Archies song titled "Jingle Jangle," which used to play in the various "Archie" cartoons back in the 1960s and 70s. "Jingle Jangle" is my favorite Archies song -- dating back to when I first heard it on the now-defunct "Riverdale Podcast." None of the Archies songs are that great, but "Jingle Jangle" is so much better than the more popular "Sugar, Sugar." IMHO, as always!
Here are the lyrics to "Jingle Jangle:"
Sing me, sing me, sing meYou can watch the video and hear the original song at this link.
Sing me, sing me baby
Ooooh ... ooooh
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me, sing me)
La da da da da da da (sing the Jingle Jangle song)
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me baby)
La da da da da da da
Ever since I met ya
I couldn't want ya better
I couldn't love you stronger if I tried
It's my true heart I'm showin'
Or my nose would be growin'
You know that it gets longer when I lie.
Singin'
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me, sing me)
La da da da da da da (sing the Jingle Jangle song)
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me baby)
La da da da da da da
Bein' kinda pretty
And down here in the city
Find it isn't easy to be smart.
When tryin' to untangle
The Jingle from the Jangle
It's easy if you listen with your heart.
Singin'
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me, sing me)
La da da da da da da (sing the Jingle Jangle song)
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me baby)
La da da da da da da
We'll make the winter springtime
And Jingle Jangle singtime
Right on through the summer and the fall
So darlin', don't be weepin'
And please don't you be sleepin'
When I come a-creepin' down the hall
To sing ya
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me, sing me)
La da da da da da da (sing the Jingle Jangle song)
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me baby)
La da da da da da da
Well, come on (well come on)
Baby get it together
Well, come on (well come on)
Ooooh, yeah yeah yeah, yeah
Well, come on (well come on)
Gotta get it together
Well, come on (well come on)
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me, sing me)
La da da da da da da (sing the Jingle Jangle song)
La da da da da da da (sing me, sing me baby)
La da da da da da da